"doubloon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dʌˈbluːn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doubloon.wav Forms: doubloons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|doublon}} French doublon, {{der|en|es|doblón}} Spanish doblón Head templates: {{en-noun}} doubloon (plural doubloons)
  1. (historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.] Tags: historical Categories (topical): Coins, Historical currencies Translations (former Spanish gold coin): dubloj [masculine] (Albanian), دبلون (Arabic), дубло́н (dublón) [masculine] (Belarusian), дублон (dublon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dobló [masculine] (Catalan), dobler [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ (adelv dalonige) (Cherokee), 杜布隆 (dùbùlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), dublon [masculine] (Czech), dubloen [masculine] (Dutch), dublono (Esperanto), dubloon (Estonian), dubloni (Finnish), doublon [masculine] (French), Dublone [feminine] (German), Duplone [feminine] (German), δουβλόνι (douvlóni) [neuter] (Greek), dublon (Hungarian), doblone [masculine] (Italian), ダブルーン (daburūn) (Japanese), 더블룬 (deobeullun) (Korean), dublonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), verindroa (Malagasy), dublon [masculine] (Norwegian), dublon [masculine] (Polish), dobrão [masculine] (Portuguese), дубло́н (dublón) [masculine] (Russian), doblón [masculine] (Spanish), dublon [common-gender] (Swedish), ดับลูน (dàp lûun) (Thai), дубло́н (dublón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đublum (Vietnamese), đồng đublum (Vietnamese), дублон (dublon) (Yakut)
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  2. (Canada, slang, numismatics) Clipping of doubloonie. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: doubloonie Categories (topical): Currency
    Sense id: en-doubloon-en-noun-K5hy3eTf Categories (other): Canadian English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
  3. Alternative form of dabloon (“fictional currency”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dabloon (extra: fictional currency)
    Sense id: en-doubloon-en-noun-qQkmYU0Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dubloon [misspelling] Derived forms: doubloonie, Brasher doubloon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "더블룬"
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      "word": "ดับลูน"
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      "sense": "former Spanish gold coin",
      "word": "đublum"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "former Spanish gold coin",
      "word": "đồng đublum"
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